Originally Posted by
genec
Gotta agree, the flag will be useless when you are moving, and especially at night. You need something reflective and more likely to hang down to catch headlights.
Since you've gone to this extreme... I have one more suggestion... something I saw one time that really made an impression on me... a light shining on your back. I ride this arterial road with a speed limit of 50MPH, and one night I saw a cyclist ahead of me that instantly said "cyclist." He had a light on his back rack, aimed at his back... there was no question about what he was, there was no mistaking him for a motorcycle or any other object on the road.
That sound like a neat idea but I went with this instead..
..I seen several other bikers at night wearing these (Diehard Bikers) and I seen the vest before I even saw their flashing lights. ANSI Class 3 level 2 vests are designed for high traffic areas over 55 mph and that is what I encounter at night. Got it from Alertshirt..
http://alertshirt.com/wiraja.html
The flag is basically for day time use but I have put some reflective tape on it but I have to try it to see if it stays on, if not I'll get a reflective flag or use something else. On my ankles I use the reflective snap bracelets because I also noticed that the pedals going around is usually about the first thing you see of a bicyclists at night due to the reflectors on the pedals.
Trial and error with this setup will help me decide to keep it or lose it but from what I see now is that it might and should work..And the idea for the center FoxFire commuter light I got from another poster in these forums...Cheers
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